recent works by american conceptual artist fred wilson is now on view at the
miterrand + sanz / contemporary art gallery in zurich. wilson, a recipient of the macarthur
foundation genius grant, is known for using his art to examine and deconstruct traditional
methods of displaying art in museums, particularly in regard to racial content and cultural
assumptions. curated by ami barak, each piece in the exhibition was selected to illustrate
this aspect of wilson’s artistic approach–an institutional critique of the gallery space.

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designboom took part in an exclusive press tour of the exhibition's major sites, where we heard more about the artworks from weiwei and nicholas baume, director »

designboom took part in an exclusive press tour of the exhibition's major sites, where we heard more about the artworks from weiwei and nicholas baume, director and chief curator of the public art fund.